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P. MOQUIST.

ATTACHMENT FOR GARDEN AND LAWN RAKES.

APPLICATION HLED 0m21.191s.

1 ,318,577. /Ialtented Oct. 14,1919. n

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PETER McrQUIsT, oFlMEINNnP-oirs, Minne-scam.;

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Y To all whom concern:

Be lit knownthat 'I, PETER MOQIJ'IST, a citizen of the United States,V residingl at Minneapolis, in the county ofI-Iennepin, 4and State of Minnesota, have inv ented y certain new and usefulA Improvements'inAttachf ments for GardenY and LawnRakes; and'I dohereby declare the following tobea full,

clear, andexact descri ti'on pftheinvention, such as will enable ot ers skilled inthe art to which -it appertai'ns tomake; anduse the same. My ,inventionI has vforvitjs object toprovide an attachment fory garden lawn rakes for facilitating the gatheringotleaves, eut grass. or other.- mater1als, by preventing the same from `falling-over thetop ofthe rake teeth, during:thegrakinggoperation To the aboveend, thfelinvention'- consists of the novel devices and combinationsrof devices hereinafterdescribed and defined in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likechar'acters in dicate like parts throughout the several views.v Referringjto the drawings, Y Figurer 1 is a View in sideelevation with some parts broken away andgV illustrating the attachment applied t'o av lawnrakei,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesameg;

Fig. 3 is a viewpartly in transverse v'section taken on the line 3 3 ofl. ig 2;:f

Fig. l is a detail view` .in plan-ol the grapple; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view in transverse section,

taken-.on the-.line of Fig.y 4; Referring first in detail to the rakerfillnsfY` trated, the` numeral 6 indicates a handle mounted in a socket 7 integrally formed'y with a bracket 8 secured toa head 9, having a double row of teeth, indicated by the numerals 10 and 11. The teeth 1()vk are blunt, while Vthe teeth 11 are sharp, and either row of said teeth may be brought into operative position by reversing or turning the rake upside down.

Referring now in detail to the attachment for the rake, the numeral 12 indicates a triangular marginal frame formed, as shown, from two pieces of wire, one piece of said wire being bentv upon itself to form the diverging sides of the frame, the other piece of said wire being arranged to form the front end of the frame 12. The front end member of the frame l2 eX-tends parallel to speeineeuea offener-sienne.

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Baremodoet.1d, 191e. Serial No.f i267,`751-. y i y die reke 9 rests et its,finti-i11edate O'Ition I u to ferm dipeirof eyes iagehreegii dhieh die forward ends Vof -the eidesgof said frame ,are

pon lthe bracl'ret 8, and has itsenfsgbent extended 'to connect. said two pieces ,of wire.

ill-lie forward endfs ofthe sidesof theframe V12` are. extended beyond or: forward; et the eyes r3 to edord e 'pair of 'prongs 14 T1iese prongs, as.-shown extend between the., two

oetermost ,teethfin at eah; endfofthe reepee-tive row, A and been diretly against the underside of, the 4heed- 9. Preferably, ehewe,l the prongs 14, ere downwardly elinvedto more seerely hold the lfra'me- 12 tditheheedga 1 The 15 of the attachment isin.. I i' form: cfa triangle piece` otcanvas or other fabric it'seedge portions folded.

stitched -to aord hems through 'whichthe mejmbersof thefffeme 12 are inserted to de.

tachably. connect said body memberthereto. The rear endportion ofthe frame 12. is de# teehably -Seedredto the Lmeddle 6 by e erepple 1'6., The upper ends ofthe two memlversolf the* grapple y1'6 are pivoted, one to each of 'thegsidemembersfof the frame 12 "for, swingf ing movement transversely of the. handle 6 and the lower ends thereof arebent -to vform sharp hooks -17 .arranged to engage oppositeeid'es o fse'id handle loelow thereof, as. bestsho-wn in Fig. 5j; To hold the grapple members against llateral. move?- me'et on: 'the 'Side members' of the neme. 12, said inembe'rjs are Ybent at l2*Y to form. seats t1ierefe1;. The upper. ends of theitwomem'- 4'the "center bers oit' the grapple 1'6 are also eite'nde'd 'to afford apar-0i short levers 18, their@ endslo-f which are connected by a toggle 19 provided for operating the grapple. A downward pressure on the toggle A19 to straighten the same will cause the hooked.

'the joint-thereof is moved slightly below a kdead center before coming to a positive stop i against the pivoted ends of the grapple, and thereby securely locking said grapple in an operative position.

In applying the attachment to a rake, the prongs 111 thereof are first inserted under the head' 9 with the frontmember of the frame 12 resting at its intermediate portion on top of the bracket 8. The rear end of the attachment is then pressed downward, until the pivoted ends of the grapple 16 engagethe handle 6. During this movement of the attachment onto the ihandle 6, the y front member of the frame 12 is bent over the bracket 8, thereby placing the ends thereof under tension to cause the same to lift and frictionally hold the prongs 1li lin engagement with the underside of the head 9. The final movement of the attachment onto the handle 6 will cause the hooked ends of the grapple 16 to engage the handle 6, and thereby spread the same into a position to embrace said handle. With the grapple in this position, the toggle 19 is pressed downward past a dea-d center to secure the grap-v ple to the handle.' When Ythe attachment is applied to a rake, the body member thereof rests upon the handle 6. y

From the above' description, it is evident that the attachment may be veryi'quiekly and easily applied to a rake, irrespective of the Width thereof, or detached therefrom. It is also evident that the body member 15 will hold the leaves or other material, during the raking operation, and thereby lprevent the same from falling over the rake head and upper row of teeth.. It is, of course, understood that the attachment can be applied to an ordinary garden rake. rIhe grapple is of such construction as to permit Sufficient springing action thereof to fit handles that vary somewhat indifferent diameter. It may be here stated that the socket 7 and head 8, in a broad sense,`form a part of the handle l6. In case the body 15 wears out, the same can very easily be replaced by a new one.k

What I claim is 1. An attachment for garden and lavvn rakes comprising a body member, a pair of prongs extending under the hea-d of the rake, and a grapple connecting' said frame to the handle of the rake, the forward portion of the body member being supported on said handle and bent upwardl thereby to place the outer ends thereof under tension and thus hold said prongs against the rake head; y g p' 2. An attachment for garden and lawn rakescomprising a body member having a ymarginal frame provided with a pair of prongs'extending under the head of the rake, and a grapple connecting said frame to the handle of the'rake, the forward memloer of the frame being supported on said handle and bent 'upward thereby to place the outer ends thereof under tension and thus hold said prongs against the rake head. 3. An attachment for garden and lawn rakes comprising a substantially triangular marginal frame formed from two wires, one of which is folded upon itself to afford a pair of"'diverging side members and the other of 'which wires has its ends secured to the outer end portions of the side members and vforms the front member of said frame, the forward vends of said side members being extended under the rake head, a grapple connecting said frame to the handle of the rake, 'a flexible body member attached to said frame, the forward member of said frame being supported on said handle and bent upward'thereby to place the outer ends thereof under tension and thus hold the side members of theframe against the rake head. 4:. An' attachmentY for garden and lawn rakes comprising a body member detachably secured to the head of the rake, and a grapple detachably connecting said body member to the rake handle, said grapple arranged to embrace opposite sides of the handle and havinghooked ends adapted to engage said 'si'des below the center of the handle, and a toggle for operating the grapple. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` PETER MOQUIST. Vitnesses CLARA DEMAREs'r, HARRY D. KiLGoRE.

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